Alcohol consumption is not related to fertility in Italian women

Fabio Parazzini; Liliane Chatenoud; E. Di Cintio; Carlo La Vecchia; G Benzi; Luigi Fedele

doi:10.1136/bmj.318.7180.397

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EDITOR—Jensen et al observed decreased fecundability among women who drank alcohol compared with those who did not.1 The decrease was found even among women reporting a weekly intake of five or fewer drinks. The authors call for further corroboration of their findings. View this table: Number (percentage) of women having difficulty in conception according to alcohol consumption, Milan, Italy We analysed the relation between alcohol intake and difficulties in …

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